>> well, first of all, i'm in idaho, not montana. where do you think i am, in the boondocks? come on. >> my apologies. my goodness. what do you make of this, the timing of this appointment? >> well, i think it was interesting, the folks at jackson hole at the kansas city conference who were wondering what the delay was. i remember jacob frankel saying to me that there's no new information of substance going to come out between now and january. why not remove the uncertainty to which former fed governor rick mitch begin added, yeah, and help the economy by removing. i think it's done now, and i don't want to get into the politics of conspiracy, because certainly michelle is around to do that. >> and she just did. >> and i know she just did. but i will point out that now there is very, very serious business that the fed is cleared away to do now. the political issue of regulatory reform. the issue of serious talk about exit strategy. and i also want to say to what john harwood is saying, it's very interesting, i hadn't thought about this. if bernanke comes out of the senate wit